The Bitcoin Standard Podcast 262. Shawn Baker, the Carnivore MD
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Feb 25, 2025 
Shawn Baker, an orthopedic surgeon and world-record-holding athlete, discusses the benefits of the carnivore diet in promoting health through his platform, Revero.com. He tackles misconceptions about dietary choices and critiques the pharmaceutical industry's focus on drugs over lifestyle changes. The conversation also explores the parallels between diet and Bitcoin, emphasizing simplicity and accountability. Baker delves into the impact of meat consumption on blood sugar levels and its potential to improve conditions like diabetes, advocating for a return to natural eating habits.
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Carnivore Diet Adoption
- Saifedean brags about adopting the carnivore diet before Shawn Baker.
- Shawn Baker confirms this, stating he's in his ninth year, while Saifedean has been carnivore for over a decade.
Resistance to Carnivore Research
- There's resistance to studying the carnivore diet, despite anecdotal evidence of its health benefits.
- Shawn Baker highlights the difficulty of securing funding for lifestyle intervention research compared to drug research.
Anecdotal Evidence vs. Scientific Theory
- Dismissing personal experiences as "anecdotal" is a way to gaslight people into distrusting their own observations.
- Scientific theories should explain reality, and a single contradictory anecdote can challenge a theory's validity.
